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The Andes and the Amazon. 



few in number, the slave-trade being abolished, emancipa- 

 tion begmi, and the Paraguayan war not ended. A laboring 

 class will ever be a desideratum in this tropical country. 

 With a healthy climate,^ and a situation at the juncture of 



* It is, however, one of the warmest spots on the river. The average tem- 

 perature,' according to Azevedo and Finto, is only 79.7° ; but the highest 



